The need to wear long sleeves is cutting down on JP Devine’s sun time, he writes
Columns
News columns from staff writers and contributors to the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inLocal & State, Maureen Milliken, News, Op-Eds
‘Tumbledown’ audience is the best of Franklin County
The movie, written by a Farmington woman, was filmed in Massachusetts and has a Hollywood sensibility, but the hometown crowd at MIFF loved it anyway.
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Posted inColumns, J.P. Devine, Local & State
Putting a woman’s face on the bill
Amid talk of women for the $10 bill, J.P. Devine suggests a list that colors a bit outside the lines.
Posted inDana Wilde, Local & State, News, Op-Eds
Black widow fear justified in Maine?
While the spiders might hitch a ride here on grapes or in luggage, our cold winters prevent them from living in Maine, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inJ.P. Devine, Local & State, News, Op-Eds
All hail the man in the seersucker suit
The garb of Atticus Finch, William F. Buckley and St. Louis working men who listened to the Cardinals on the radio, hot-weather fashion perfection is wasted on the young, JP Devine writes.
Posted inColumns, Local & State, Maureen Milliken, News
We love the flag, but on the Fourth of July, let’s try to love us
Recent events, including the Skowhegan ‘Indians’ controversy and that over the Confederate battle flag, show we still have a lot to learn about being American, Maureen Milliken writes.
Posted inDana Wilde, Local & State, News
Ancient summer light
The richness and clarity of June’s blue sky are almost supernatural, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inColumns, Local & State, Maureen Milliken, News
Three years in, fireworks issue still hasn’t been solved
Towns don’t have a lot of options in the struggle to keep everyone happy, Maureen Milliken writes.
Posted inColumns, Dana Wilde, Local & State, News
Waiting for the stink bugs
In this mind-bogglingly diverse biosphere we live in, a lot of different species emit a stink when threatened, among them the leaf-footed bugs and, of course, stink bugs, writes Dana Wilde.
Posted inAmy Calder, Local & State, News
Reporting Aside: Memorable high school teachers prompt advice to graduates
She doesn’t remember the speaker at her high school graduation, but she does remember some teachers who gave lasting advice, Amy Calder writes.